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W.D. "Don" Phelps
Feb 16, 2017
W. D. "Don" Phelps, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday (February 16, 2017) at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green. He was born on January 11, 1939, in Bonnieville, KY, the son of the late James Marion and Elsie Greene Caswell Phelps. He was retired from Phillip Morris Tobacco Company. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, fishing,...
Joseph R. Higdon
Feb 15, 2017
Joseph R. Higdon, age 88, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (February 15, 2017) at his residence. He was born on August 12, 1928, in Grayson County, KY, son of the late Charles and Lenora Lush Higdon. He was an electrician and a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. He enjoyed fishing and was a member of St. Benedict...
John Robert "Jr" Oller
Feb 12, 2017
John Robert "JR" Oller, age 64, of Elizabethtown, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 12, 2017) at the Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He was born on February 21, 1952, in Louisville, the son of his late father, Stoy Oller, and his mother, Mary Mudd Oller Stevenson. He retired as a police officer from Boonville, IN Police Department, where he served...
Vicky Joyce Nelson
Feb 10, 2017
.Vicky Joyce Nelson, age 63, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Friday, (February 10, 2017) at the Norton Inpatient Care Unit in Louisville, KY. She was born on December 11, 1953, in South Bend, IN, the daughter of the late Joe B. and Billie Joyce Preston Whaley. She was a talented seamstress, who enjoyed gardening, making crafts, fishing, reading, and spending...
Evelyn Kerr
Feb 8, 2017
Evelyn Masters Kerr, age 76, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Wednesday, (February 8, 2017) at Spring View Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield, KY. She was born on November 24, 1940 in Hart County, KY, the daughter of the late James and Georgia Beeler Masters. She was retired from Grayson Manor Nursing Home and was a homemaker. She enjoyed crocheting and...
Mary Helen Williams
Feb 5, 2017
Mary Helen Williams, age 81, of Louisville, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 5, 2017) at the Hosparus Inpatient care Center in Louisville. She was born on February 27, 1935 in South, KY, the daughter of the late Hubert and Mildred Hunt Moon. She was a housewife who enjoyed traveling, shopping, and working in her ceramics shop. She was a member...
Jane Ellen Bratcher
Feb 5, 2017
Jane Ellen Bratcher, age 97, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 5, 2017)in Leitchfield. She was born on September 7, 1919, in Thrope West Virginia, the daughter of the late John Bryant and Rose Rucker Gillespie. She was a retired educator from the Grayson County School System. Mrs. Bratcher taught music, French and English. She received her education degree...
Walter (Walt) Lee Puryear
Jan 25, 2017
Walter Lee "Walt" Puryear, age 54, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Wednesday, (January 25, 2017) at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born on July 1, 1962 in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late William and Betty Jane Puryear. He was a retired welder from Louisville Ladder. He enjoyed working on vehicles, fishing, and hunting. He especially loved...
Billy Joe Lucas
Jan 21, 2017
Billy Joe Lucas, age 67, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 21, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on June 12, 1949 in Breckinridge County, KY, the son of the late Vernon (Mike) Sr. and Dorothy Mcholan Lucas Ashley. He was a carpenter, who enjoyed playing music on his guitar and banjo,...
Jonathon "Jon" Michael James
Jan 17, 2017
Jonathon "Jon" Michael James, age 31, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at his residence in Leitchfield, KY. He was born on September 20, 1985 in Springfield, OH to Carole Lee and Robin James. Jon was saved on April 1, 1995, when he was 9 years old, at Grace Missionary Baptist church and was currently a member at Charity Missionary...
Justus "Junior" Hudson
Jan 15, 2017
Justus "Junior" Hudson, age 63, of Breckenridge County, KY, passed away Sunday, (January 15, 2017) at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born on April 9, 1953 in Jefferson County, KY, the son of Justus Sr. and Freda Lampton Hudson Nelson. He was a retired bus driver in Louisville and worked at Hillerich and Bradsby. He enjoyed watching...
Georgia Rhe Bell
Jan 15, 2017
Georgia Rhe Bell, age 95, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (January 15, 2017) at Kensington Rehab Center in Elizabethtown, KY. She was born on October 18, 1921 in Grayson County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Beulah Vincent Newton. She retired as a cook from Grayson County Schools and was a 53 year member of the...
Marvin Earl Hester
Jan 14, 2017
Marvin Earl Hester, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 14, 2017) at Grayson Manor in Leitchfield. He was born on December 19, 1938, in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late Thomas and Pansy Marie Carter Hester. He was self-employed, who enjoyed woodworking and showing his tractor and was a member of New Freedom Baptist Church....
David Louis Mercer
Jan 14, 2017
David Louis Mercer, age 49, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 14, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on April 21, 1967 in Louisville, KY, the son of Roger and Brenda Noe Mercer. He was a fabricator for Akebono and who enjoyed camping and restoring old cars. He was saved at Stony...
Teresa "Tracy Quisenberry Jones
Jan 12, 2017
Teresa "Tracy" Quisenberry Jones, age 40, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (January 12, 2017) at the University of Louisville Hospital. She was born on February 1, 1976, in Leitchfield, KY, the daughter of the late Louis and Adriana Pangrazio Quisenberry. She was a journalist and a caregiver, and a member of Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She is survived...
Janice Pearl Hack
Jan 12, 2017
Janice Pearl Hack, age 77, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (January 12, 2017) at Springview Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield. She was born on April 22, 1939 in Caneyville, KY, the daughter of the late Elmer and Eurtie Pruitt Cooper. She was a sewing machine operator who enjoyed playing the piano and the dulcimer, and was a member of...
Ernie Lee Pierce
Jan 9, 2017
Ernie Lee Pierce, age 68, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Monday, (January 09, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on May 25, 1948 in Grayson County, Kentucky, the son of the late Lawrence and Sarah Grant Pierce. A veteran of the US Navy, he was foreman of the wax shop for Kelley Bee...
Mallie Lutz
Jan 3, 2017
Mallie Lutz, age 81, of Louisville, KY, passed away (January 3, 2017) at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on January 14, 1935 in McQuady, KY, the daughter of the late Pendelton and Emma Jane Brooks Bryant. She was a homemaker, who enjoyed reading and was a member of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville. She is...
Roy Blaine Embry
Jan 3, 2017
Roy Blaine Embry, age 98, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Tuesday, (January 3, 2017) at the Norton's Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born, the son of ten children, on August 31, 1918, in Tilford, KY, the son of the late Bertha and James Blaine Embry. He was preceded in death by his wife of almost 78 years, Helen Givens...
Tara Lush Wallace
Dec 30, 2016
Tara Nichole Lush Wallace, age 34, of Louisville, KY, passed away Friday, (December 30, 2016) in Louisville, KY. She was born on June 26, 1982 in Jefferson County, KY, the daughter of Charles W. and Dianna Clemons Lush. She loved to paint and color, and enjoyed spending time with her children. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Wallace, Jr....
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